Archive for June 2008

080604 Last Day TC511

On Wednesday’s TC511 Visual Media, instructor Tom brought a case of wines to the classroom. This is the final week for this quarter.

For me it was a hefty 10 weeks of classes, readings, assignments, and presentations. I got a lot out of the class, It’s time well worth spending. But it became such a big part of my life I felt I hardly have time for fun anymore. So despite an excellent course will be taught this summer quarter, I decided to take a break from school. Summer is too short in Seattle. I feel I owe it to myself to slack a bit during my favorite time of the year.

Once a while, some random encounters give me new perspectives on how far alone technology has advanced. I stumbled into MyHeritage.com and had some fun playing with its face recognition tool.

Photo scanning in process
First, upload your photos for scanning. In less than 30 seconds, detected human faces are highlighted from uploaded photos. They are cropped and ready for further analysis.

There are couple things you can do with your photos on My Heritage:

Look-alike Meter
Look-alike Meter

Ever wonder if you are a mama’s boy or daddy’s little girl? Look-alike Meter tells it all. I’ve got both mom and dad’s facial features, but a little something more from mama.

Celebrity Look-alike
Celebrity Look-alike Celebrity Look-alike

It generates a list of celebrities you might or might not agree that look like you. At best it’s cheap entertainment and ego boost. I uploaded 2 photos and one came out I’m 80% Jada Smith look-alike. The other one I was more Caucasian than Asian. I like how the process of matching for resemblance goes beyond ethnic boundaries.